This would be on the SW corner of the town square in Denton. It also shows that US 77 through Denton was BUSINESS 77. it has since reverted back to non-business 77. IDK when that happened since this change is not in the Highway Designation Files

There probably is a designation file for the business route, but it would have been a loop. I don't know how to find out what number it was. It was gone by 1990, when business routes were officially established, as the minute order does not list it.

I might venture a guess that US 77 was moved to the bypass when it was built, and then unmoved back into town when the Interstates opened, although it may have been later when they decided not to run them concurrent. It seems strange that they ran US 77 independent on such a short segment, especially when a longer section in Dallas was made a loop and signed as a business route. That business route was not made official in 1990 and most of the loop was cancelled in 1991.

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There probably is a designation file for the business route, but it would have been a loop. I don't know how to find out what number it was. It was gone by 1990, when business routes were officially established, as the minute order does not list it.

I might venture a guess that US 77 was moved to the bypass when it was built, and then unmoved back into town when the Interstates opened, although it may have been later when they decided not to run them concurrent. It seems strange that they ran US 77 independent on such a short segment, especially when a longer section in Dallas was made a loop and signed as a business route. That business route was not made official in 1990 and most of the loop was cancelled in 1991.

There was no bypass of Denton prior to the completion of I-35/ 35E in 1959. All of I-35 in Denton County was completed in 1959. US 77 down to Lake Dallas, was divided by 1953, becoming controlled access in 1961.

I always wondered why 77 was on the original route thru Denton instead of it being a business interstate loop. The only logical answer that I could come up with is that it intersects I-35E at the south end, and I-35 at the north end, which creates a dilemma as far as numbering.

Interestingly, the 1961 General Highway Map does not show it to be a business route, or a loop

This would be on the SW corner of the town square in Denton. It also shows that US 77 through Denton was BUSINESS 77. it has since reverted back to non-business 77. IDK when that happened since this change is not in the Highway Designation Files

This would be on the SW corner of the town square in Denton. It also shows that US 77 through Denton was BUSINESS 77. it has since reverted back to non-business 77. IDK when that happened since this change is not in the Highway Designation Files

I would think that would be the closest logical spot, but it would help if there were a wider shot of the building behind the sign. It might be the corner. I haven't had that much to do with the central part of Denton in the past, so I couldn't be certain.